Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today asserted that all his actions have remained strictly within the framework of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. Addressing recent concerns raised by the National Conference, Sinha clarified that he has not overstepped his constitutional limits.
“I know my boundaries and I will never cross them,” Sinha said, responding to observations made during a recent NC meeting. While the LG did not name any specific decision under scrutiny, his remarks appear to be a rebuttal to the party’s criticism over the administration’s expanding role including recent transfers of officers in matters traditionally seen as political or legislative.
The National Conference had today held a closed-door meeting where party leaders reportedly expressed unease over what they described as the LG administration’s increasing encroachment into domains that should ideally rest with an elected government. However, Sinha maintained that everything he has done falls within the legal and administrative scope provided by the 2019 Act that reorganized the former state into a Union Territory. [KNT]
